List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Hesperiidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of family Hesperiidae which are found in Sri Lanka. It is part of List of the butterflies of Sri Lanka.
- Branded-orange Awlet, Bibasis oedipodea (Swainson, 1820) ssp. ataphus)
- Orange-tailed Awl, Bibasis sena (Moore, 1865) nominate
- Common Banded Awl, Hasora chromus (Cramer, 1782) nominate
- White-banded Awl, Hasora taminatus (Hübner, 1818) nominate
- Ceylon Awl, Hasora badra (Moore, 1857) ssp. lanka
- Brown Awl, Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Indian Awl King, Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) nominate
- Black Flat, Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus (Felder, 1868)
- Black Angle, Tapena thwaitesi (Moore, 1881) nominate
- Tricolor Pied Flat, Coladenia indrani ssp. (Moore, 1865) ssp. tissa
- Common Small Flat, Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, 1865) ssp. albicilia
- Ceylon Snow Flat, Tagiades japetus (Stoll, 1782) ssp. obscurus
- Water Snow Flat, Tagiades litigiosa (Möschler, 1878) ssp. ceylonica
- Golden Angle, Caprona ransonnettii (Felder, 1868) nominate
- Ceylon Golden Angle, Caprona alida (de Nicéville, 1891) ssp. lanka
- African Marbled Skipper, Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862) ssp. albofasciata
- Indian Skipper, Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793)
- Hedge Hopper, Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862) nominate
- Bush Hopper, Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793) ssp. singa
- Ceylon Ace, Halpe homolea (Hewitson, 1868) ssp. ceylonica and ssp. egena
- Decorated Ace, Thoressa decorata (Moore,1881)
- Chestnut Bob, Iambrix salsala (Moore, 1865) ssp.luteipalpus
- Common Banded Demon, Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) ssp. alysia
- Restricted Demon, Notocrypta curvifascia (Felder & Felder, 1862) nominate
- Grass Demon, Udaspes folus (Cramer, 1775)
- Indian Palm Bob, Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) ssp. subgrisea
- Ceylon Palm Bob, Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877) nominate
- Tree Flitter, Hyarotis adrastus (Cramer, 1780) nominate
- Banded Redeye, Gangara lebadea (Hewitson, 1886) ssp. subfasciata
- Giant Redeye, Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) ssp. clothilda
- Common Redeye, Matapa aria (Moore, 1865)
- Common Grass Dart, Taractrocera maevius(Fabricius, 1793) nominate
- Common Dartlet, Oriens goloides (Moore, 1881)
- Indian Dart, Potanthus pallida (Evans, 1932)
- Common Dart, Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881) nominate
- Tropic Dart, Potanthus confucius (Felder & Felder, 1862) ssp. satra
- Pale Palmdart, Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775) ssp. amba
- Dark Palmdart, Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ssp. lanka
- Yellow Palm Dart, Cephrenes trichopepla (Lower, 1908)
- Smallest Swift, Panara nado (Fabricius, 1798) synonym of bada (Moore, 1878)
- Wallace's Swift, Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)
- Little Branded Swift, Pelopidas agna (Moore, 1865) nominate
- Large Branded Swift, Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) ssp. subochracea
- Small Branded Swift, Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798) nominate
- Conjoined Swift, Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ssp. narooa
- Paintbrush Swift, Baoris penicillata Moore, 1881
- Blank Swift, Caltoris kumara (Moore, 1878) sp. lanka
- Philippine Swift, Caltoris philippina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ssp. seriata
References
- Henry, G. M. R. and Woodhouse, L. G. O. (1942) The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon. Colombo ; Ceylon. 153pp.
- Moore, F. C. (1880-87) The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. L. Reeve & Co. : London. 3 v.
- Ormiston, W. (1924) The butterflies of Ceylon Colombo, H. W. Cave
- Talbot, G. 1947 The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies (Vol 1 & 2)